DREAM TO CURE WATER
Directed by Cyril JazbekAlan Lacy
SLOVENIA, 2025, 20 minutes
Peru is home to 70% of the world’s tropical glaciers, but 40% of their surface area has disappeared in the last fifty years alone.
The glaciers are a crucial water source in Peru. People are forced to adapt as they disappear.
According to Peru's Natural Institute of Natural Resources, all of the country's 200 glaciers are under threat. It is feared that all of them will be gone soon.
Q&A after all films have screened in this block
THE KELP WE BREATHE
Directed by Tatum Kala David, Natalie Aymond, Jack Phillips, Taylor Ortiz
Thailand, 2025, 15 minutes
The Kelp We Breathe dives deeper into questions of why kelp matters to us, unveiling culture, passion, and community.
Q&A after all films have screened in this block
UPSTREAM DOWNRIVER
Directed by Maggie Burnette Stogner
USA, 2024, 57 minutes
In the rivers that flow through our neighborhoods lives an unseen but important creature: the freshwater mussel. These mussels perform key ecosystem services, including a remarkable capacity to filter and clean water. Once almost extinct and now struggling to make a comeback in DuPage County's urban waterways, freshwater mussels need help.
Plays in Eco Doc Shorts
Q&A after all films have screened in this block